Mexican Mayor Shot Dead Inside City Hall
Authorities said investigators were pursuing suspects after the mayor, who survived a January attack, was found dead inside local government offices.
- On Wednesday, two gunmen killed Mayor Valentín Lavín Romero inside the Temoac town hall in Morelos; the attackers escaped on a motorcycle, and authorities have not announced arrests or a motive.
- Lavín had previously survived an armed attack in January, and his death marks the third mayoral killing in Mexico this year, reflecting the persistent threat local officials face from criminal gangs competing for territory.
- Government data shows nearly 500,000 people have been killed and around 130,000 have disappeared since the government launched an offensive against drug cartels in 2006; almost 100 mayors have been murdered during this period.
- The Morelos Attorney General's Office confirmed the death and deployed forensic teams to the scene; security forces launched a search across Temoac, though officials have not linked the killing to any specific criminal group.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum claimed on July 14 that homicides in Mexico have fallen by nearly half since September 2024; however, 14 mayors have been murdered since her administration took office in October 2024.
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(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Gwang-ho = Another local government head has been murdered in Mexico. This is the third time this year alone.
Cuernavaca, Mor., The mayor of Temoac, the pevemista Valentín Lavín Romero, was murdered yesterday afternoon in an office near the municipal palace by two subjects who entered with motorcycle helmets in the head and headed directly to where the edil was, shot at close range and fled, reported the Attorney General's Office (FGE) of Morelos.
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